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  • Committee and union settle police contract

    New contract offers increase in hours and salary. By: Josh Appelbaum    The Township Committee ratified a new four-year contract with the Cranbury police union Monday that increases the number of hours in each shift and provides 4 percent salary increases for 2004, 2006 and 2007 with a 7 percent increase for 2005.    The Fraternal Order…

  • OBITUARIES: Theresa Briganti

    Theresa Briganti    Theresa C. (Crachi) Briganti, 89, died Friday, Dec. 3, in Monroe Village.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived in Stewart Manor, Long Island, N.Y., Westfield, N.J., and Framingham, Mass., before moving to Rossmoor in 1985. She settled in Monroe Village nine years ago.    Ms. Briganti graduated with a degree in library science after…

  • Future U.S. flood aid seen from development of mitigation plan

    Princeton Township panel nears completion of study. By: David Campbell    Princeton Township’s flood control committee worked into the evening Wednesday to put the finishing touches to a draft comprehensive flood-mitigation plan that would make the township eligible for federal money for repairing damaged homes.    The committee has set a tentative date of Jan. 24 at…

  • League of Women Voters in push for youth involvement

    A focus on encouraging political participation and public service among young adults. By: Jennifer Potash    MONTOGMERY — Encouraging the next generation of would-be voters to go to the polls on Election Day is a major challenge — but the effort is well worth it, according to the League of Women Voters, which is in a…

  • Borough responds to squad’s claims

    Hightstown Borough officials refute allegations made by certain squad members that the squad was not included in plans to outsource medical emergency services. By: Michael Ross    HIGHTSTOWN — Borough officials this week denied allegations of keeping the Hightstown First Aid Squad "in the dark" about plans to outsource medical emergency services, suggesting the situation was…

  • Gas station hits a snag

    Borough says owner deviated from plans that got the nod. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — The owner of the Jamesburg Service Center said he doesn’t know when the conversion of the gas station’s garage to a convenience store will be completed.    Denis Kjersgaard said Monday that work on the building, which began in March, is…

  • Brennan no fish out of water

    New WW-P North swim coach is retired pro By: Justin Feil    Complaints from West Windsor-Plainsboro North swimmers to Tiffany Brennan are not met with a sympathetic ear.    That’s because for the past five years the new Knights’ head coach was a professional marathon swimmer.    "There’s nothing I have asked my swimmers to do that I…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the Dec. 10 issue. Community must unite against acts of intolerance and bigotry To the editor:    This letter is in response to the vile acts of vandalism that were committed on Route 133 two weeks ago. It is disheartening to know that during Thanksgiving week, anyone would be capable of such a disturbing crime.…

  • Local fund helps troops reach out and call home

    A contribution from the Josh Harr Shane Fund begins the effort to raise funds to purchase calling cards to send to overseas soldiers. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    EAST WINDSOR — After hearing a woman on the radio relay the story of her last conversation with her son who was stationed in Iraq and died in…